Do you miss Soviet Union?

[verlongrimes]

A simple question: do you miss Soviet Union?

I do. I'm a Marxist-Leninist (what the Trots might call a 'stalinist'...)

[which doctor]

Do you remember the Soviet Union?

[Искра]

I do... from picture books :rolleyes:

[communard resolution]

He probably doesn't. Aside from that, we've had the exact same thread 5,549 times in the past 4 weeks alone.

Speaking of which, has anyone ever seen the epic 1972 Soviet movie 'Siberiada' aka 'Siberiade'? The premise sounds interesting: it's about 3 generations of two families (one rich, one poor) starting in the early 20th century via the October Revolution and WW2 and ending in the early 70s. It's something like 4 hours long and apparently so powerful that it won awards at film festivals in the West despite advocating a a distinctly Marxist reading of history and promoting communism (as well as doing a bit of whitewashing here and there).

I tried to watch it on DVD, but unfortunately from the 2nd chapter onward the subtitles kept coming in 2 or 3 cues too early, which made for annoying viewing.

If anyone is aware where I can download a correctly subtitled version, please let me know.

[verlongrimes]

I do remember that Stalin took an illiterate nation of peasants and turned it into a literate, culturally-achieving, scientifically-achieving, electrified nation.

[communard resolution]

yawn...

[communard resolution]

I'm a Marxist-Leninist (what the Trots might call a 'stalinist'...)

Ooh, how cunning and provocative...

[Spawn of Stalin]

Nothing to contribute? Don't post. I don't miss the Soviet Union because I was only born in 1987, but I imagine that if I could remember it, then yes, I definitely would.

[Random Precision]

Opinion threads don't belong in History. Moved.

[Tyrlop]

i miss the soviet union so badly

[communard resolution]

Nothing to contribute?

My contribution was to draw attention to a Soviet movie called Siberiada, thus sexing up a thread that appears several times a week with a slightly different title. The OP just stomped into revleft, sneered at half of the people in the room ('Trots'), and then went on to make an unoriginal/commonplace statement about Stalin.


I don't miss the Soviet Union because I was only born in 1987, but I imagine that if I could remember it, then yes, I definitely would.Great contribution! Anyway, have you seen Siberiada?

[Dimentio]

I miss the Byzantine Empire :lol:

[Искра]

I miss Ice Age :)

[Pogue]

I miss primitive communism :crying:

[verlongrimes]

Well sorry for trying to get some opinions. Well Zionism might prevail in here but it won't prevail in real life.

All power to the Soviets.

[Bright Banana Beard]

I missed Bill Bland.

[Pogue]

I miss capitalism :(

[Sarah Palin]

All power to the Soviets.

lulz.

That is all. Carry on.

[GracchusBabeuf]

I did "miss it" (in another sense) because I was born in its late stages. But if I was born earlier, I would have been very interested in how a variety of socialist society looked like. So in the sense of analyzing the society, economy and politics of a socialist country and learning from the experience, yes I do miss it. That doesn't mean I'm nostalgic about it or I want to recreate it, although it provided a magnificient example of a possible implementation of socialism.

[Black Sheep]

I seem to have misplaced it.

[NecroCommie]

What aspects of it? Nothing is so simple and black and white. Besides I was born a month after the Berlin wall fell, so that's how much I remember personally about the soviet union.

[Angry Young Man]

Well sorry for trying to get some opinions. Well Zionism might prevail in here but it won't prevail in real life.

¿Que?

[Искра]

¿Que?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onhhpiFg4Nw

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

so much nostalgia
so many lolz

[Dr Mindbender]

i only have fleeting memories, but i do miss the awesome movies it's existance inspired.

Like this:lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeOHEU7Ykyg

[Spawn of Stalin]

Great contribution! Anyway, have you seen Siberiada?
No, I tried to watch it once but I was very tired and only saw the first few minutes of the first part, all I remember was a big building exploding. I would like to see it though, maybe when I've got a couple of months to spare I'll watch the whole thing.

[Sam_b]

Neither Washington nor Moscow

[Black_Flag]

I miss Jeremy Beadle

[DecDoom]

I miss the Chinese restaurant in the mall. It was the only good one around, and it lost its lease. :(

[Mälli]

I miss the workers movement. Thanks soviet union for ruining it for us!

[Frank Little]

I miss the workers movement. Thanks soviet union for ruining it for us!
:thumbup1:

[hugsandmarxism]

I miss Firefly. That was a good show. :crying:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Firefly_front_cover.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Firefly_front_cover.jpg)

[communard resolution]

I miss the workers movement. Thanks soviet union for ruining it for us!

Yes, thanks for doing that for us, Soviet Union. The workers movement was shit anyway. No idea why you miss it.

I miss the summer.

[hugsandmarxism]

I miss Sam B's Brian avatar. It suited him so well :laugh:

[Honggweilo]

I seem to have misplaced it.
win. :lol:


I miss not having a somewhat large socialist alternative in this present day world that forced western nations give consessions to their working class. But do i miss the soviet union? i dunno i havent lived in an age where i actively experienced its existence (1987), i just remember seeing 2 germany's on a map when i only thought there was one. I do miss the prensence of a soviet union in this modern day world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGNo6H16rDU&feature=related


Neither Washington nor Moscow But London and Teheran :rolleyes:

[Incendiarism]

I miss the threat of nuclear destruction the most.

[Pirate Utopian]

I never miss.

[Forward Union]

I cry at night.

[Dr Mindbender]

I miss the threat of nuclear destruction the most.

I think we're under more danger of nuclear destruction now that there is no longer a M.A.D. balance provided by the soviet deterrent.

[the last donut of the night]

i go to bed, and weep for it, as one weeps for a deceased lover....

[Wanted Man]

i only have fleeting memories, but i do miss the awesome movies it's existance inspired.

Like this:lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeOHEU7Ykyg

Awesome film. The guy who played the fat general basically played the exact same role in Red Alert. :cool:

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Why start this stupid topic?

This is meant to be a non-political thread. You lot will work yourself into the ground if you don't have a good discussion about something other than the revolution.

[Panda Tse Tung]

Yes, we will die if we don't discuss the revolution 24/7.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Sense of humour failure?

[Panda Tse Tung]

On your behalf, yes.